Form Controls Builders not found

[MikeWood]

When I try to use a builder on a form control (such as combo box) by right clicking on the control and then clicking on builder I get the following message:

There are no registered builders of this type.

I am running VFP 7.0. Can anyone tell me what to do to correct this?

Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[ramani]

In all probability, you have not installed the complete VFP7. What you can do is to reinstall VFP7 with all options. This could help avoid any such surprises. ramani :-9
(Subramanian.G)
FoxAcc
ramani_g@yahoo.com
LET KNOW IF THIS HELPED. ENOUGH EXPERTS ARE HERE TO HELP YOU OUT! BEST OF LUCK

 

[rgbean]

To add to Ramani's answer, make sure you run the VFPCLEAN.APP. While it's suggested to be run if you had any of the 7.0 BETAs installed, you should run it anyway just to make sure the Install "fixed" everything in the REGISTRY.

Rick

 

[MikeWood]

All my builders are on the system. When I do a dir *.app in the wizards subdirectory I get the following:

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 7B37-1DDE

Directory of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7\Wizards


Directory of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7\Wizards

06/14/2001 04:57p 156,457 cmdbldr.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 170,062 editbldr.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 462,817 formbldr.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 301,355 gridbldr.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 251,568 listbldr.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 52,568 ribuildr.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 139,654 stylbldr.app
06/14/2001 04:59p 1,413 webservice.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 270,587 wzapp.app
06/14/2001 04:58p 305,844 wzdbc.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 541,429 wzform.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 313,596 wzfoxdoc.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 412,262 wzgraph.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 397,175 wzimport.app
06/14/2001 04:58p 336,363 wzmail.app
06/14/2001 04:58p 354,658 wzpivot.app
06/14/2001 04:57p 434,137 wzquery.app
06/14/2001 04:58p 853,848 wzreport.app
06/14/2001 04:58p 447,853 wztable.app
06/14/2001 04:58p 862,777 wzupsize.app
06/14/2001 04:58p 560,861 WZWEB.APP
21 File(s) 7,627,284 bytes
0 Dir(s) 46,826,127,360 bytes free

Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[ramani]

HI
Just check in the following place...
IN VFP7 menu items....
select tools ->options ->File Locations...
slide the bar down .. and see the WIZARDS...
if this is empty or pointing a different location... change it to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7\Wizards

This shall work ramani :-9
(Subramanian.G)
FoxAcc
ramani_g@yahoo.com
LET KNOW IF THIS HELPED. ENOUGH EXPERTS ARE HERE TO HELP YOU OUT! BEST OF LUCK

 

[MikeWood]

It already says that.
Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[ramani]

It is very likely that your builder.dbf and builder.fpt (located in the wizards directory) is corrupt. It is alos likely that your builder.app in the vfp7 directory is damaged.

I suggest, you replace these with the default ones and try your luck !. I am getting lost for any more reasons as of now :-(

Hope you sort this with this suggestion ramani :-9
(Subramanian.G)
FoxAcc
ramani_g@yahoo.com
LET KNOW IF THIS HELPED. ENOUGH EXPERTS ARE HERE TO HELP YOU OUT! BEST OF LUCK

 

[MikeWood]

I removed VFP7 completely and re-installed. Still have the problem.
Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[jimstarr]

Hi Mike,

I had this problem recently when I installed VFP5 on a new computer. I couldn't get to the Setup Wizard, receiving the "no registered builders..." message. I noticed that the other builders were similarly unavailable. I tried executing WZSETUP directly from its directory --- it worked, and the whole problem disappeared.

Jim

 

[MikeWood]

There is no WZSETUP in VFP7. Boy, Jim, you had me excited there for a moment.
Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[jimstarr]

Try running BUILDER.APP, if that exists. Jim

 

[MikeWood]

Tried that already. It just runs a dialog to choose which wizard you want to run (Report, Form, etc.).
Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[DEDMOD]

Have you ckecked the registry to see what sort of info it has about builders? Perhaps there's some problem there. Or could whatever sort of setup you have for your programs keep you from accessing where the builders are stored, regardless of where the tools/options/file locations says they are?

And what happens if you do choose one of those wizards? Does it still say it can't find the wizard?

Dave Dardinger

 

[MikeWood]

The wizards work fine. The problem comes in when I try to use a builder while designing forms. For instance, I want to use a builder to format a commandgroup, but I get the 'no registered builders' message.
Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[ramani]

1. hello... do you also have vfp6 or earlier version. is your path havng reference to these earlier to vfp7 in the path ?
2. Are you using any framework which has its own builder?
3. Have you tried creating a new trial project, add a trial form, a trial combo box and right click and try.. ?
This is puzling !!!!!

ramani :-9
(Subramanian.G),FoxAcc, ramani_g@yahoo.com

 

[MikeWood]

1. Yes, I have VFP6 loaded. It works fine. Everything points to the right places for it (_builder, etc.).

2. No, I am not using a framework.

3. Yes, I have tried creating a new trial project, etc.
Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[rgbean]

Mike,
I just got a new system, and installed XP on it. Yesterday, I re-"installed" nine versions of FP, including VFP 7.0 and when I checked, I was getting your same message about the builders. However, following my own advice (see 3rd entry above), I ran:
DO (HOME()+"vfpclean.app&quot
[answer "Yes" - don't worry about all the verbage] and now all is well again.

Rick

 

[MikeWood]

I did what you advised, and I still get the same message.
Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com

 

[MikeWood]

Thanks to all who responded to my problem. I finally removed VFP6 and then did a repair of VFP7 and my problem is solved.
Mike Wood
mikewood@mpwonline.com